Wild center part of NHL-NHLPA session

Center Zenon Konopka, the first free agent signed by the Wild during this summer's spending spree, is one of three players in New York today taking part in meetings between leadership of the NHL and the Players' Association.

With eight days to go before the league might lock out the players for the second time in eight years, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly met with NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr and his brother, Steve.

The talks were described as informal, but they met for two hours - longer than most official bargaining sessions -- and are expected to meet again today at 5:30 ET, Konopka confirmed via text.

Last Friday, negotiations between the two sides stalled as they work to try to come up with a new collective bargaining agreement by Sept. 15.

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Sarah McLellan is an Edmonton native. She graduated from the Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State, and covered the Coyotes for five years at the Arizona Republic before arriving at the Star Tribune in November 2017.